ADR Services Include:

Alvin L. Zimmerman has substantive case experience in the following areas...

Anti-Trust

Appellate

Automotive

Aviation

Banking & Finance

Biotech

Class Actions

Commercial/Business

Community Associations

Condominiums

Construction

Consumer Fraud

Contract Disputes

Divorce (High Asset)

EEOC

Eminent Domain

Employment

Energy Sector (Oil, Gas)

Engineering

Environmental

Family Businesses

Franchise

Health Care

Industrial

Insurance

Intellectual Property

International

Landlord/Tenant

Legal Malpractice

Libel & Slander

Medical Malpractice

Mergers & Acquisitions

Non-profit Organizations

Nursing Homes

Partnerships

Personal Injury

Premises Liability

Probate

Product Liability

Professional Fees

Professional Liability

Professional Malpractice

Professional Negligence

Real Estate

Religious Institutions

Securities

Shareholder Disputes

Software

Title Disputes

Torts

Trusts / Estates

Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Mr. Zimmerman is included in The Best Lawyers in America and has been named one of H Magazine's Best Lawyers in Houston. His broad-based legal experience includes presiding as a municipal court judge of the City of Houston, a state district judge of the 269 (Civil) and 309 (Family) District Courts, and serving as assistant attorney general for the State of Texas and briefing clerk for the Honorable Judge Ingraham, Federal District Judge for the Southern District of Texas. He has extensive experience in civil trials and appeals involving complex litigation as well as representation of parties in difficult family law cases.

Mr. Zimmerman is one of the most active mediators in Harris County, Texas and his mediation experience includes business, health law, construction, commercial, tort, employment, intellectual property (including patent, trademark, and copyright), probate, oil and gas and family law cases. Mr. Zimmerman was awarded the Frank G. Evans Mediator of the Year Award by the Center for Legal Responsibility at South Texas College of Law. Mr. Zimmerman was recognized as the outstanding adjunct professor by a local law school. He served on the board of a national bank and was counsel to and on the board of a New York Stock Exchange company. Mr. Zimmerman has been active in many charitable organizations. In May 2000, Mr. Zimmerman received the Anti-Defamation League's Karen Susman Jurisprudence Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding attorney whose legal career has exemplified outstanding service to the community and the profession. Mr. Zimmerman received the University of Houston Distinguished Alumni Award in April 2009. University of Houston Distinguished Alumni Awards are given to individuals who have distinguished themselves in their field of endeavor and whose accomplishments have brought credit to the university. Just over 100 alumni have received this honor.

EDUCATION:

University of Houston, B.S., 1964

University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1967

Editor of Houston Law Review Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization